I saw your tweets in the side bar and had to reply about stealing the colorful clips off the papers.

When I was a student, I’d often use colorful, fun paperclips because I thought it might cheer up the grader and give me a tiny bit of good will. No miracles were expected — just that if the grader was tired and was waffling about the plus or minus sign for the grade, the clip could inspire a little push to the higher grade. Of course, this probably worked best in classes dominated by boys who could never remember to staple their work nor number their pages.

I had to Google this, since I’d never heard of korkinisse before. Too cute! I have a bunch of corks kicking around (I like to keep the ones from particularly tasty bottles, so I can remember what to buy next time). Maybe I should festive them up a bit!